Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month

2020-10-27 Thread Bill Prince
That makes some sense to me. They need to price it high enough to tamp down demand until they get their constellation populated. Full deployment may take some time; even launching 60 at a time. If they get the BFR operating, rumor is they could launch 300 at a time. This will be fun to watch as

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month

2020-10-27 Thread fiberrun
. Jared > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 > From: ch...@wbmfg.com > To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month > > Have to keep telling myself why people will prefer fiber over Starlink: > Trees > Snow > Visual anten

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month

2020-10-27 Thread chuck
We can bond a few and use for secondary uplink... Smacks of 20 years ago and using a cable modem to start a Wisp. From: Darin Steffl Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 10:21 AM To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month I had guessed Starlink would start at

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month

2020-10-27 Thread Darin Steffl
. > > -Original Message- > From: fiber...@mail.com > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 9:44 AM > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month > > I don't think Starlink will go in for predatory pricing. They have more > customers than they can handl

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month

2020-10-27 Thread chuck
Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 9:44 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month I don't think Starlink will go in for predatory pricing. They have more customers than they can handle and I'd say they have a strong upward pricing pressure rather than the opposite.

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month

2020-10-27 Thread Ken Hohhof
arge amounts of government subsidies. Jared > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 > From: ch...@wbmfg.com > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month > > Damn, that is close to what I charge. I give 500 Mbps for that price > but I hope they don't st

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month

2020-10-27 Thread fiberrun
government subsidies. Jared > Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 > From: ch...@wbmfg.com > To: af@af.afmug.com > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month > > Damn, that is close to what I charge. I give 500 Mbps for that price but I > hope they don't start predatory pricing. >

[AFMUG] Starlink $99/month

2020-10-27 Thread fiberrun
SpaceX Starlink public beta begins: It’s $99 a month plus $500 up front https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2020/10/spacex-starlink-public-beta-begins-its-99-a-month-plus-500-up-front/ -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month

2020-10-27 Thread chuck
Damn, that is close to what I charge. I give 500 Mbps for that price but I hope they don't start predatory pricing. -Original Message- From: fiber...@mail.com Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2020 9:27 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: [AFMUG] Starlink $99/month SpaceX Starlink public